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Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2021, 10:37
Replies: 29
Views: 7,265
Posted By Boslandew

From my army days, skid undercarriages were all...

From my army days, skid undercarriages were all about landing on rough or soft ground. For every time a 76 does that it will land 100 times on a runway/tarmac and have to taxi.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jul 2021, 15:29
Replies: 32
Views: 10,332
Posted By Boslandew

I was not suggesting that the hydraulic problem...

I was not suggesting that the hydraulic problem was with the engines but that the control malfunction caused collective/cyclic pitch changes which caused the fluctuating Nr and hence the enormous...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2021, 09:54
Replies: 32
Views: 10,332
Posted By Boslandew

Chinook ditching North Sea

A friend of mine ditched a commercial Chinook in the North Sea back in the '80's They had a problem with the hydraulics which caused a severe control malfunction and wildly fluctuating Nr.

In the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2021, 16:11
Replies: 132
Views: 37,284
Posted By Boslandew

Life style

Good point.

Here's a thought. Once or twice a year I have to dress up in best bib and tucker, clean shoes, and arrive on time for a funeral or other formal occasion, drink a glass of plonk, eat...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2021, 11:49
Replies: 11
Views: 4,566
Posted By Boslandew

Duke of Edinburgh

I met him once some years ago. I was doing a steam driving course at Minehead with the West Somerset Railway - thoroughly recommend it, beats flying any day..

The Duke was visiting Lynton/Lynmouth...
Forum: Questions
23rd Feb 2021, 09:51
Replies: 1
Views: 919
Posted By Boslandew

Single-engine IFR

Are single-engine IFR operations allowed in the UK?
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Feb 2021, 11:48
Replies: 86
Views: 18,897
Posted By Boslandew

Engine off

I did a tour in Aldergrove in 1971 with the Air Corps flying Scouts. We shared a hangar with the Wessex squadron. There was a rumour that an American pilot on exchange with the RAF used to...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Feb 2021, 11:37
Replies: 10
Views: 2,612
Posted By Boslandew

I can't see that it can be difficult to build the...

I can't see that it can be difficult to build the things. I have yet to hear of any intense research into or investment in a fool-proof system to keep them apart. Aviation has an extremely...
Forum: Questions
4th Feb 2021, 09:07
Replies: 17
Views: 3,972
Posted By Boslandew

737 sim

Thanks for your comments, RVF. I'm not familiar with the initials in your first sentence but am aware that there are better models. A friend really into FliSim, (he's just bought a Virtual Reality...
Forum: Questions
3rd Feb 2021, 08:54
Replies: 17
Views: 3,972
Posted By Boslandew

Fli Sims

Me neither Joe. I know that X-plane is modelled on the actual flight aerodynamics of each aircraft. From my limited knowledge of software I would have thought it was easier to programme the sim...
Forum: Questions
1st Feb 2021, 12:40
Replies: 17
Views: 3,972
Posted By Boslandew

Trimming

Appreciated. However, with attitude, power, trim, a fixed wing (or stabilised helicopter) should hold the selected attitude and return to it if disturbed. X-plane doesn't. Despite my best efforts it...
Forum: Questions
1st Feb 2021, 09:50
Replies: 17
Views: 3,972
Posted By Boslandew

Manual flight

Good thought! I used to fly the S61 helicopter which had no automatics, no flight director, just artificial stabilisation and a heading hold so all IF was hand-flown. I still have memories of ADF/ILS...
Forum: Questions
31st Jan 2021, 21:33
Replies: 17
Views: 3,972
Posted By Boslandew

737

Many thanks gentlemen, just what I was looking for. I hope all is well with you during these difficult times.
Forum: Questions
27th Jan 2021, 12:48
Replies: 17
Views: 3,972
Posted By Boslandew

737 operation

During lockdown I'm spending time trying to fly the 737-800 via X-plane 11. I'm a retired helicopter pilot with experience of coupled flight in the Boeing Chinook.

I'm trying to fly as...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Jan 2021, 12:35
Replies: 306
Views: 59,924
Posted By Boslandew

Auto/Manual flight

I'm way out of date in this discussion but I don't think the basic principle has changed.

Back in the eighties I flew the Sikorsky S61helicopter on the North Sea. The only 'automation' was the...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Nov 2020, 11:17
Replies: 16
Views: 3,476
Posted By Boslandew

Gentlemen Many thank for your responses and...

Gentlemen

Many thank for your responses and all the info. There's a wealth of useful information there and many points that hadn't occurred to me, not the least a level cruise long enough for a...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Nov 2020, 09:54
Replies: 16
Views: 3,476
Posted By Boslandew

Altitude question

Trying to fill lockdown I am using x-plane 11 FliSIm and trying to fly a 737-800 and very interesting it is too. I am a retired helicopter pilot so altitude/economy was not the problem it is for jet...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2020, 13:30
Replies: 7
Views: 2,216
Posted By Boslandew

Interestingly, the extra thrust was used to...

Interestingly, the extra thrust was used to assist acceleration to the point where translational lift was generated sooner than in direct lift. Sounds vey dodgy and was proved to be so.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2020, 15:30
Replies: 168
Views: 75,875
Posted By Boslandew

Belvedere

Many thanks for the info, FED and BEagle for the link, just the kind of stuff I was looking for. I flew the commercial Chinook for three years and it was an excellent aircraft in just about every...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2020, 08:59
Replies: 168
Views: 75,875
Posted By Boslandew

Belvedere

Come on, someone must have flown the Belvedere?
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2020, 07:54
Replies: 168
Views: 75,875
Posted By Boslandew

Belvedere

So, does anyone know anything about the Belvedere?
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2020, 10:43
Replies: 168
Views: 75,875
Posted By Boslandew

Belvedere

What were the pros and cons of the Belvedere? I remember being told by a very senior Air Corps WO pilot that he had watched a Belvedere taxying into dispersal in Malaya and the entire nose section...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2020, 10:49
Replies: 168
Views: 75,875
Posted By Boslandew

Aircraft not needed

Now that just about every aircraft that has flown since the war has been nominated, how about aircraft that did see service and shouldn't have done. I nominate the Saunders Roe Skeeter.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2020, 07:34
Replies: 66
Views: 24,910
Posted By Boslandew

I'm slightly confused here. Why would you not...

I'm slightly confused here. Why would you not want to pass your initials?
Forum: Tech Log
6th Apr 2020, 12:40
Replies: 12
Views: 3,806
Posted By Boslandew

DC3

Many thanks, gentlemen. My only experience with piston egines was with small engines on the Chipmunk and Saunders Roe Skeeter. The Chipmunk mixture was only used in the cruise for economy. The...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2020, 09:19
Replies: 32
Views: 9,535
Posted By Boslandew

Our Bell 47's, (Sioux) were single set of...

Our Bell 47's, (Sioux) were single set of controls except when the six monthly checks came round and dual controls were fitted. I tried left cyclic, right collective on several occasions. Focused the...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Apr 2020, 07:50
Replies: 12
Views: 3,806
Posted By Boslandew

DC3 startup

I was reading a copy of pilots notes for the DC3 some while ago and it showed that the engines were started with the mixtures in idle/cutoff. Could anyone explain why it is done this way?
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2020, 07:44
Replies: 32
Views: 9,535
Posted By Boslandew

Pilot on left/right

I flew Bell 47G in training with the AAC in 1965. The Bell 47 was one of the first successful main stream helicopters produced after the war and I've always understood that, because thats where...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2020, 10:01
Replies: 19
Views: 4,053
Posted By Boslandew

I flew the S58T out of Beccles for two years and...

I flew the S58T out of Beccles for two years and well remember the fun? of operating single pilot around the Leman/Inde fields plus rigs in the Dutch sector.

I think the big difference was that...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Mar 2020, 11:31
Replies: 19
Views: 4,053
Posted By Boslandew

Michael, I seem to remember that one Scout...

Michael,

I seem to remember that one Scout in the squadron had Dectrac fitted. I can remember using it one New Years Eve over Armagh ( 1974 I think) Since it was such a clear night and we could...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Mar 2020, 13:37
Replies: 19
Views: 4,053
Posted By Boslandew

Thermal Imaging

For what its worth a pair of thermal imaging night goggles were brought out to Hong Kong in 1971-72 and tried in a Scout at night. One pilot only was picked to try them out. As I remember it he...
Forum: Canada
30th Nov 2019, 09:53
Replies: 5
Views: 1,130
Posted By Boslandew

Ta!!

Many thanks, there's always an answer if you ask the right chap.

Just out of interest I used to fly the Sikorsky S61N on the North Sea. When I first started flying it, it was rated as an amphibian...
Forum: Canada
29th Nov 2019, 13:12
Replies: 5
Views: 1,130
Posted By Boslandew

Amphibians

I was recently watching a Youtube clip of a De Havilland Beaver amhibian. Is such an aircraft capable of landing/takeoff from either runway or water or does the amphibian part refer simply to its...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2019, 14:33
Replies: 100
Views: 62,171
Posted By Boslandew

Penzance approaches

I will admit to being out of date as to modern procedures which is why I am not relying on my memory but on up-to-date information. May I refer you to the open letter published by Sloane Helicopters,...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Mar 2019, 20:18
Replies: 100
Views: 62,171
Posted By Boslandew

SAR Wannabe Sorry but the old service flew...

SAR Wannabe

Sorry but the old service flew IFR services quite routinely between Penzance and the Scillies. I regularly flew six return trips IFR in a morning or afternoon with an instrument...
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